Jannik Sinner cemented his current stranglehold on men’s tennis as he sealed a second consecutive Australian Open title with victory against Alexander Zverev.
The Italian world No 1 became just the eighth player in the Open era (since 1968) to win the first three Grand Slam men’s singles finals he has contested with a 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 success in Melbourne on Sunday.
Sinner has not lost a match on hard courts at a major since a defeat by Zverev in the fourth round of the US Open in 2023, following up his maiden title here last year by winning in New York.
A year after mowing down Daniil Medvedev in five sets for his first major trophy, Sinner eased into his second Melbourne Park final of all drama by applying suffocating pressure and clinical execution.
Under the lights at Rod Laver Arena, he captured the decisive break in the sixth game when Zverev pushed a forehand long.
Arguably, the German’s spirit had already been broken by an unlucky net cord that turned the second-set tiebreak in Sinner’s favour.
Zverev gave up match point with a forehand that fell well wide of the line before Sinner sealed the win with a backhand passing shot.
Sinner raised his arms in triumph and clambered into the terraces to embrace his entourage.
For Zverev, the wait for a maiden Grand Slam title will go on after finishing runner-up to Carlos Alcaraz at last year’s French Open and having been beaten by Dominic Thiem in the 2020 US Open.
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